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New on Our Shelves

Fiction

Human Acts:

A Novel

by Han Kang

$22.00

Hogarth, hardcover

In
the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, a young boy
named Dong-ho is shockingly killed. What follows is a portrait of
political unrest and the universal struggle for justice, from
the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian.

Nonfiction

Nicotine

by Gregor Hens

$16.99

Other Press, hardcover

By
turns philosophical and darkly comic, ex-smoker Gregor Hens meditates
on the nature and consequences of his nearly lifelong addiction, from the thrill of the first drag to the perennial last last cigarette.

Scholarly

A Brief History of Mathematical Thought

by Luke Heaton

$27.95

Oxford University Press, hardcover

In A Brief History of Mathematical Thought,
Luke Heaton provides a
compulsively readable history that situates mathematics within the human
experience and, in the process, makes it more accessible.

Kids & Young Adult

Undefeated:Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

by Steve Sheinkin

$19.00

Roaring Brook Press, hardcover

Before Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe and football coach Pop Warner were legends, they played football at a school designed to erase Indian cultures. Award-winning author Steve Sheinkin's underdog sports story takes an unflinching look at the U.S. government's persecution of Native Americans.

Read
the complete text of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle
Obama's farewell addresses, delivered on January 10th and January 6th,
2017, produced and printed right here at Harvard Book Store.

Remainders

Remainders
are bargain books, new books at used-book prices. We have a limited
number of copies of these titles, so if you see something that you're
interested in, come in and check it out soon. To see more of our
Remainders section, visit our Remainders page.

Thirteen Days in September:
Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David

by Lawrence Wright

$7.99, hardcover (originally $27.95)

Lawrence Wright takes us through each of the thirteen days of the Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter facilitated the signing of the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East.

Keys to Good Cooking:
A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes

by Harold McGee

$7.99, paperback (originally $20.00)

The author of the acclaimed culinary classic On Food and Cooking offers the answers to many kitchen conundrums in one easy-to-use volume.

Animal:The Definitive Visual Guide

by DK Publishing

$24.99, hardcover (originally $50.00)

Animal brings
together the expertise of natural history specialists and wildlife
photographers to illustrate, describe, and explain the incredible range
of creatures in the animal kingdom.

Recent Finds in the Used Department

Featured used books go fast, so if any
titles interest you, stop in to check them out soon. We will hold the
book if you are the first caller to reserve it. To reserve a book, call
(617) 661-1515 and ask for our Used Department. We're also always
looking for books to buy. Learn about selling your used books, including textbooks, here.

Slaves of the State:

Black Incarceration from the Chain Gang to the Penitentiary

by Dennis Childs

Originally published by University of Minnesota Press in 2015

$11.50 (paperback) in Very Good condition

Slaves of the State argues
for a new understanding of chattel slavery as a continuing social
reality of U.S. empire -- one resting at the very foundation of today's
prison industrial complex that now holds more than 2.3 million people.

The Neoliberal Pattern of Domination:

Capital's Reign in Decline

by José Manuel Sánchez Bermúdez

Originally published by Haymarket Books in 2012

$14.50 (paperback) in Very Good condition

In The Neoliberal Pattern of Domination, José
Manuel Sánchez Bermúdez argues that only through understanding the
mechanisms on which capital is based can we ever hope to shake off its
yoke of domination.

The Princeton Sourcebook in Comparitive Literature:

From the European Enlightenment to the Global Present

edited by David Damrosch, Natalie Melas, and Mbongiseni Buthelezi

Originally published by Princeton University Press in 2009

$25.00 (paperback) in Very Good condition

The Princeton Sourcebook in Comparative Literature
is a wide-ranging anthology of classic essays and important statements
on the mission and methods of comparative literary studies.

Contributors Maurice Decaul, Teresa Fazio, Colin Halloran, and Lauren Halloran read from The Road Ahead: Stories of the Forever War,
a short story collection that explores the aftereffects of the Iraq and
Afghan Wars. Anthology co-editor Brian Castner will introduce the
evening.